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Havre Police Department During a motor vehicle stop at 12:07 p.m. Monday on 5th Street, an officer arrested a 39-year-old Havre man on a Justice or City court warrant an charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and failing to carry proof of vehicle insurance, second offense. ——— Officers investigated a report made at the police station at 12:32 p.m. Monday that someone pointed a gun at a man riding his bicycle on a city street. ——— During a motor vehicle stop on 1st Street Monday at 2:06 p.m., an of...
This letter is in response to “The public has the right to know,” in Norman Bernstein's column “Consider This,” published in the Havre Daily News Wednesday, May 15, on page A4. What the public has a right to know is that the library is under very capable management. I respond in defense of the library and library board. I do not have any official position and no one has asked me to write this letter to the editor. Mr. Bernstein no longer lives in our community. Therefore he should not be judging decisions made in our communi...
Havre and Hill County are celebrating Historic Preservation Month, an especially meaningful commemoration because the Hi-Line is so rich in history. Havre and Hill County are relatively new on the scene. Most of the country was pretty well settled when Havre became a reality. But we have a rich and intriguing history. In the early days, it was a pretty wild town, and Havre Beneath the Streets tells the story of those crazy days. One of the nation’s largest forts was located just south of town, and its remnants remain. Fort A...
Betty Lou Malmberg of Havre and Bozeman, Mont., passed away peacefully of congestive heart failure on Feb. 27, 2013. She was born Jan. 25, 1927, in Hibbing, Minn. to William and Bertha Harrison, the youngest of four children. Betty attended the University of Minnesota, was a member of Alpha Tau Delta, the professional nursing sorority, and graduated with a degree in nursing in June 1950. After marrying her college boyfriend, Paul Malmberg, the newlyweds moved west to the growing town of Havre to start a new life together....
Barbara Ann (Baker) Hopkins passed away suddenly and peacefully at 93 years old on May 18, 2013, at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre of natural causes. Vigil services will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at St. Jude Thaddeus Church in Havre. Memorial Mass will take place at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2013, also at St. Jude Thaddeus, with fathers Daniel Wathen and Pete Guthneck officiating. The family has requested that memorial donations be made to St. Jude Thaddeus Parish in Havre or to Soul to Soles, PO...
Madilon Mahle, 85, of Havre passed away on Monday, May 13, 2013, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. A prayer vigil for Madilon is scheduled in Anaconda for Tuesday, May 21, at 6:30 p.m., followed by her funeral and burial on Wednesday, May 22, at 11 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church. A luncheon following the burial will take place at Holy Family Community Center. A memorial, in her memory, may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Foundation. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and a...
The last day to register for a program designed to help people get their General Education Development, or GED, high school equivalency diploma is fast approaching. Saturday, in two sessions, one at 9 a.m. and one at 6 p.m., District 4 Human Resources Development Council will hold pre-registration sessions for GED Boot Camp, a program designed to help people pass their GED test. Montana has approved switching to a new series of tests starting the first of next year. Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau...
Public Works Department employees will get a 1 percent pay increase under the terms of a contract with the city of Havre. The deal with the Local 336 of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees was approved unanimously by City Council Monday night. Mayor Tim Solomon said the deal was worked out with the help of a mediator. The increase is retroactive to July 1, 2012. For the 2013-14 year, the union members will get the same increase as worked out with the firefighters union, the mayor said. The city will s...
The Fort Assinniboine Preservation Association and the Frank DeRosa Railroad Museum have been honored for their efforts to preserve Hill County history. The two groups were given the 2013 Preservation Month Awards by the Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission at Monday night's City Council meeting. Preservation Officer Becki Miller, speaking for the preservation commission, praised the museum for helping to preserve Havre's railroad history, which has been a key part of Havre since its founding. The museum opened...
The special election scheduled today to select a new chair of the leadership of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation apparently has been delayed, although the reasons are unclear. The election was scheduled to start at 8 this morning to select a new chair of the Chippewa Cree Tribe Business Committee, to take the place of Ken Blatt St. Marks, whom the other committee members removed from office March 25. A representative of the tribal government, who did not identify himself, said this morning that the Chippewa Cree Tribe E...
A group trying to bring back a decades-old Hill County tradition is still in the planning stages, with a change to the name of the youth summer camp. Ursula Brese, who is one of the organizers for Kamp for Kids in Beaver Creek Park, said that while the Hill County Farmers Union board of directors approved a donation to help pay for the camp, they are not sponsors. Other groups that have made donations include NorthWestern Energy, Bear Paw Credit Union, Independence Bank and Sheila Forshee’s real estate agency with Keller Will...
